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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

A pie very similar to gooseberry can be made with unripe grapes.  Pick them before they start to ripen and the seeds will still be soft and unnoticeable when cooked.  Use a standard gooseberry pie recipe.
-Lon Rombough
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On Aug 10, 2008, at 9:39 AM, William C. Garthright wrote:

Now the gooseberry 
pie,... oh, man, that was GOOD! That's probably my new favorite (beating 
out strawberry-rhubarb). Gooseberries are even more sour than currants - 
at least, when green - but they've got flavor to go with it.